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CapMod: A Simulated Society to Evaluate Empirical Estimators of Capabilities

Florian Chávez-Juáreza CORESO − Collaborative Research Solutions, Switzerland and National Laboratory of Public Policy at Centro de Investigacióny Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City, MexicoCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jaya Krishnakumarb Institute of Economics and Econometrics, University of Geneva, Geneva, SwitzerlandView further author information
Pages 52-79 | Published online: 28 Dec 2020

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